Cox leads Scarlet Knights to victory in fill-in debut

5:50 PM,
Dec. 16, 2012

Rutgers associate head coach David Cox reacts to first-half action on Sunday.

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If any college basketball team needed a laugh this week, it was the Rutgers men. So David Cox stood and delivered Sunday.

Filling in for suspended head coach Mike Rice, who was slapped with a three-game ban and a $50,000 fine by the university for "inappropriate language and behavior" during practices, Cox began his pregame speech by taking off his sweats and revealing a Scarlet Knights uniform underneath.

"He said, 'I'm ready to be out there with you. Let me show you how ready I am,' " junior forward Wally Judge said. "He took (the sweats) off and everybody busted out laughing. It eased the ...